 A Grand Rapids woman has taken her pet grooming business on the road reporter Cheryl Moore tells us about the ooh la la mobile pet spa for this week's in business. My favorite part is probably just being able to make the animals look good and feel good um and being in a nice comfortable low stress environment. Most pet owners are probably used to the regular old brick and mortar groomers but how nice would it be if the groomer came to you? Erin Ford started her business the ooh la la mobile pet spa back in March of 2018. One of my aunts gave me the idea to have a mobile unit um and I just wanted to start because I feel like it's important for animals to be comfortable in a space um and have a low stress environment. Erin travels anywhere within a 10 mile radius of Grand Rapids. She grooms both dogs and cats any size I have a website where they can email me um to make an appointment they can call me um so usually what people do is we'll connect and then they will um I'll ask them where they live and I kind of base my appointments off of that so depending on where I travel to. A notebook that writes it down so you remember and I have an appointment book so they help me remember. Everything Erin needs for her business is right in her truck. Erin used to work in a regular grooming business. She says she likes this version better because the animals don't have to be in cages and as soon as they're done they're free to walk inside the house immediately and see their owners. A lot of people just like the convenience for one um they feel like um the animals are more comfortable also um they always like the haircuts you know and just being in their own driveway is one thing that they've always said that they they love you know they don't have to run to town or run errands. The Oolala mobile pet spa has been a hidden Grand Rapids now heading into her second year of business she's excited to see where her mobile pet spa will take her next. It's great I love it I love the um flexibility of being my own boss um it's it's busy and with three kids it's also very busy but I do love what I do. Reporting in Grand Rapids with this week's in business Shromor Lakeland News. Need idea? It is. If you enjoyed this segment of Lakeland News please consider making a tax-deductible contribution to Lakeland PBS.